1886 National League

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The 1886 season of the National League was the eleventh season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Chicago White Stockings	126	90	34	2	.714	-.-	900 (7.14)	555 (4.40)	0.279	0.348	0.401	2.54	0.912
2	Detroit Wolverines	126	87	36	3	.690	2.5	829 (6.58)	538 (4.27)	0.280	0.335	0.390	2.85	0.928
3	New York Giants	124	75	44	5	.605	12.5	692 (5.58)	558 (4.50)	0.269	0.307	0.356	2.86	0.927
4	Philadelphia Quakers	119	71	43	5	.597	14.0	621 (5.22)	498 (4.18)	0.240	0.289	0.327	2.45	0.921
5	Boston Beaneaters	118	56	61	1	.475	30.5	657 (5.57)	661 (5.60)	0.260	0.301	0.341	3.24	0.905
6	St. Louis Maroons	126	43	79	4	.341	46.0	547 (4.34)	712 (5.65)	0.236	0.276	0.321	3.24	0.914
7	Kansas City Cowboys	126	30	91	5	.238	58.5	494 (3.92)	872 (6.92)	0.228	0.274	0.306	4.84	0.909
8	Washington Nationals	125	28	92	5	.224	60.0	445 (3.56)	791 (6.33)	0.210	0.258	0.285	4.30	0.910

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Ned Hanlon Emmett Seery	Detroit Wolverines St. Louis Maroons	126
At Bats	Hardy Richardson	Detroit Wolverines	538
Runs Scored	King Kelly	Chicago White Stockings	155
Hits	Hardy Richardson	Detroit Wolverines	189
Doubles	Dan Brouthers	Detroit Wolverines	40
Triples	Roger Connor	New York Giants	20
Home Runs	Dan Brouthers Hardy Richardson	Detroit Wolverines Detroit Wolverines	11
Total Bases	Dan Brouthers	Detroit Wolverines	284
Runs Batted In	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	147
Stolen Bases	Ed Andrews	Philadelphia Quakers	56
Walks	George Gore	Chicago White Stockings	102
Strikeouts	Emmett Seery	St. Louis Maroons	82
Batting Average	King Kelly	Chicago White Stockings	0.388
On-Base Percentage	King Kelly	Chicago White Stockings	0.483
Slugging Percentage	Dan Brouthers	Detroit Wolverines	0.581
On-Base plus Slugging	Dan Brouthers	Detroit Wolverines	1.026
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Dan Brouthers	Detroit Wolverines	206

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Lady Baldwin Tim Keefe	Detroit Wolverines New York Giants	42
Losses	Stump Wiedman	Kansas City Cowboys	36
Win-Loss Percentage	Jocko Flynn	Chicago White Stockings	0.793
Appearances	Tim Keefe	New York Giants	64
Games Started	Tim Keefe	New York Giants	64
Complete Games	Tim Keefe	New York Giants	62
Shutouts	Lady Baldwin	Detroit Wolverines	7
Games Finished	Jimmy Ryan	Chicago White Stockings	5
Saves	Charlie Ferguson	Philadelphia Quakers	2
Innings Pitched	Tim Keefe	New York Giants	535.0
Batters Faced	Tim Keefe	New York Giants	2173
Hits Allowed	Stump Wiedman	Kansas City Cowboys	549
Home Runs Allowed	John Clarkson	Chicago White Stockings	20
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Mickey Welch	New York Giants	163
Hit Batsmen	58 players tied		0
Strikeouts	Lady Baldwin	Detroit Wolverines	323
Wild Pitches	Bill Stemmeyer	Boston Beaneaters	63
Balks	Henry Boyle Frank Gilmore John Healy John Kirby	St. Louis Maroons Washington Nationals St. Louis Maroons St. Louis Maroons	1
Runs Allowed	Stump Wiedman	Kansas City Cowboys	323
Earned Runs Allowed	Stump Wiedman	Kansas City Cowboys	214
Earned Run Average	Henry Boyle	St. Louis Maroons	1.76
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Lady Baldwin	Detroit Wolverines	0.967

Postseason

In the World's Series, the National League champion Chicago White Stockings were defeated by the American Association's St. Louis Browns, 4 games to 2.

Umpires

• Frederick Berger*
• Henry Boyle*
• Watch Burnham
• Bob Caruthers*
• Harry Chipman*
• John Connell
• Sam Crane*
• Alexander Crawford*
• Wes Curry
• Andy Cusick*
• Pat Dealy*
• John Eagan
• Joe Ellick
• Jake Evans*
• Charlie Ferguson*
• Chick Fulmer
• John Gaffney
• Pud Galvin*
• Fred Goldsmith*
• Frank Graves*
• Mert Hackett*
• Jim Manning*
• Blake Mapledoram*
• Harry McCaffery*
• Deacon McGuire*
• Alex McKinnon*
• Tim Murnane*
• Morgan Murphy*
• George Myers*
• Gracie Pierce
• Phil Powers
• Tom Pratt*
• Joe Quest
• Alex Skinner*
• Bill Smith*
• Mickey Welch*
• Jim Whitney*
• Tom York

* Denotes a fill-in umpire